![]() Use this list as a guideline to help you think about what needs the student, or students, in your classroom have. Some students may only require minimal accommodations while others may require more intense interventions and assistance. This list is not comprehensive since just as each student with dyslexia is different, their needs will be different. Work with the student to create achievable goals.Assign classroom jobs that will help to increase self-esteem.Increase communication with parents, using daily or weekly emails or phone calls and increase meetings with parents.Create private signals for a student to indicate high frustration or for the teacher to bring a child back on track.Use a positive reinforcement program with rewards and consequences.Use multi-sensory activities to further understanding of topics.Use color-coding to organize desk, classroom and student’s books.Write homework assignments on the board in the morning and leave up throughout the day.Be sure to have some of these accommodations, either formally (in the IEP) or informally, as part of your classroom routines, to support both student success and student self-esteem. Often students with dyslexia also have “co-morbid” challenges, especially ADHD or ADD which will add to these students’ challenges and often leave them with negative self-concept and low self-confidence. Provide student with a computer to complete class work.Provide software that enlarges images on a computer screen.Allow the use of electronic spell-checkers.Provide computers that have speech recognition software.Make eye contact with a student when giving directions.Give examples or model behavior when giving instructions.Provide alternatives to writing assignments, use an online calendar, provide the student with a written list of assignments each morning, have a buddy student write assignments, an email list of assignments to student or parent.Read written directions or instructions to the student.Do not take off points for homework handed in late.Allow the student to dictate answers to homework to a parent, sibling or tutor.Reduce homework, especially assignments requiring reading.Have students state answers into a tape recorder.Allow tests to be taken outside of the classroom, in a quiet area with minimal distractions. ![]()
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